A body scanner capable of detecting contraband inside a human body could be operational at the Bartholomew County Jail by the middle of this summer.
The seven-member Bartholomew County Council unanimously approved the purchase of a TEK 84 Full Body Scanner at a meeting Tuesday night. Cost is expected to be between $179,000 and $180,000.
“This is long overdue,” council member and former two-term sheriff Mark Gorbett said.
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